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About the Five-Word Count
Topic Started: 03/03/2011 - 05:34 am (560 Views)
Post #1 03/03/2011 - 05:34 am SHS_JJEmpire
We realize that the five-word count system has caused some strife lately, with several of the members. Some people have proposed changing the system, some people have said it's fine as is, and some people have suggested eliminating the system entirely.

Well, earlier on the MSN chat for SHS, we discussed the idea of replacing the five-count filter with a different, and easier, system. Instead of a word system, it should be a character system. Characters, in case you don't know, are the letters in every word. "Shadow", for example, is six characters long (eight if you include the quote tags).

The character limit should be much lower then the amount of characters usually required for five words, so it would be much easier to deal with it. Its priority should be to prevent useless one-word posts, and so on. Posts that gets past the system, but still violates Rule 1-2, will still be moderated.

I have once found a coding for a character limit system, that also counts the number of characters you have typed in so far, making it easier to know when your post is valid.

I propose that the character limit be at 12 to 15 characters long, and I'm for 12, myself. That should be enough to block off any useless posts consisting of only one to two words.

So what do you all think? I'm all for reducing the filter to something far more manageable by you, but it still has a role in preventing some form of spam.
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Post #2 03/03/2011 - 05:38 am rez
Yeah, that's cool. 12 or 15 characters > 5 words. In reality, that's like having a 3 word post count instead of 5.

If you can get the coding for the character count, by all means I am all for it
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Post #3 03/03/2011 - 05:38 am Mylesperhour23
I support this completely whether you choose to do 12 or 15.
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Post #4 03/03/2011 - 05:44 am Syntax
I'm Totally for it.
^Is unacceptable by the current system.
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Post #5 03/03/2011 - 05:57 am SHS_JJEmpire
For those who are interested with the technical details, the same coding for the five-word system also enables a character limit system. It's just currently disabled, in favor of the word system. If the character limit idea is accepted, the word system will be disabled, and the character system will be enabled.

To add in a character counter to help with posting, I will be using this coding: http://resources.zetaboards.com/topic/5001881/1/#new
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Post #6 04/03/2011 - 06:43 pm geer
Cool, cool. I like it.
Spaces get counted, right? /noob
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Post #7 04/03/2011 - 06:45 pm SHS_JJEmpire
Yes, spaces count toward the character limit.
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Post #8 04/03/2011 - 09:07 pm rez
A character is anything that takes up one spot when you type.

Example: , . ' [ , even a space counts. ANYTHING that is input counts.

So, this really is better than the 5 word count, because they're so many issues with it.
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Post #9 05/03/2011 - 06:55 pm SHS_JJEmpire
Should I add a poll to decide which idea we'll go with? Or should we just replace the word count with the character count?
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Post #10 05/03/2011 - 09:07 pm JTR
Does it count as a character if people add unnecessary spacing like this?
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Post #11 07/03/2011 - 06:40 am SHS_JJEmpire
I wasn't sure as to what you were referring to, but after clicking on the edit button for your post, I see what you mean.

I'm not sure, to be honest. But since ZetaBoards auto-revises out any extra spacings, I may be led to believe it won't count extra spaces. We'll just have to wait and see.
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Post #12 07/03/2011 - 06:40 am rez
Yes it does... but I can easily find out by highlighting that area, lol.

EDIT: Nvm @ JJ's post.
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Post #13 07/03/2011 - 02:18 pm Chain
It's cool i agree with the idea, most of the time it would say that you havn't put in 5 words when you did, i also think you should put up the poll. But let's wait just a bit more.
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Post #14 07/03/2011 - 03:13 pm Pidgey
put up a poll plz. Some others might think differently
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Post #15 07/03/2011 - 03:40 pm Deleted User
I think it should just be lowered to 3
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